Calais Campbell | Defensive Lineman

5/10/2012: Signed a five-year, $55 million contract. The deal contains $17 million guaranteed, including a $15 million signing bonus. Campbell is eligible for an annual $250,000 workout bonus in years two through five. 2015: $9 million, 2016: $9.5 million, 2017: Free Agent

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Cardinals RE Calais Campbell is open to restructuring his contract.

Campbell currently has a $14.75 million 2015 cap hit. He isn't a candidate for a pay cut, but could convert some of his $9M salary into a signing bonus. Campbell had sports hernia surgery earlier this month and expects to be ready for OTAs. Feb 13 - 7:33 PM

Cardinals RE Calais Campbell will have sports hernia surgery during the first week of February.

The injury clearly isn't bothering Campbell too much as he played through it during the season and will participate in Sunday's Pro Bowl. Campbell, arguably the game's finest 3-4 end this side of J.J. Watt, will be ready by camp. Sports hernia surgeries usually come with a 6-10 week recovery timetable. Jan 22 - 12:14 PM

Cardinals DE Calais Campbell (knee) is active for Sunday's Week 8 game against the Eagles.

Campbell may have his snaps limited based on how he feels coming off an MCL sprain, but he presence is big for the Cardinals. They've also activated RB Marion Grice for the first time even though Andre Ellington and Stepfan Taylor are healthy. The Cardinals inactives: QB Logan Thomas, LB Thomas Keiser, LB Glenn Carson, DT Alameda Ta’amu, DT Bruce Gaston, G Earl Watford and TE Troy Niklas (ankle). Sun, Oct 26, 2014 02:28:00 PM

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Palmer currently has a $14.5 million cap hit. He's due a $9.5M roster bonus in March that will likely be converted to a signing bonus. The Cardinals would free up around $7 million by restructuring Palmer.

Cardinals GM Steve Keim said he wants Andre Ellington to get "bigger and stronger" in the weight room this offseason.

Listed at 199 pounds last season, Ellington was asked to touch the ball 20.5 times per game. A preseason foot injury didn't help, but he wore down under that workload, averaging a horrific 3.3 YPC. Keim and Bruce Arians have both said they want Ellington to remain their feature back and focal point of the offense, but staying healthy is going to be a concern. We've also repeatedly seen added bulk have a negative impact on running backs, especially those that rely so heavily on speed and quicks.

The hope is he'll be ready for OTAs, and he'll most certainly be back before 2015 training camp. 25-year-old Brown spent 2014 as Arizona's No. 4 receiver, securing 22 passes for 229 yards and two touchdowns. If Larry Fitzgerald moves on, Brown would become the favorite for third receiver duties in 2015.

Niklas suffered his second high-ankle sprain of the season in Week 11 and was sent to I.R. The 52nd pick in May's draft caught three passes for 38 yards on four targets as a rookie. He should be ready in plenty of time for training camp.